Yoko Taro claims game censorship is a bigger issue that transcends that of video games. The creator of NieR Automata has nailed the problem right in the head, the fact that games, which are considered art, are starting to get banned because they present challenging views about topics is dystopian. The global climate is at the peak with controversy across many things, even video games. We live in modern times where powerful groups are trying to burn art away, to keep us ignorant about the world and its differing views. This is truly one of the darkest timelines, but there’s hope to fight back.
Yoko Taro claims game censorship leads to loss of democracy
When there isn’t a democracy, there’s a dictatorship, its that simple to understand. Yoko Taro knows this very well, he truly is one of the best developers on the field by far, truly one of the last creatives left in an industry rotten away by greed and duplicitous morals. It seems that those who are in power are unaffected by the rule of law, but those who don’t have power suffer from the weight of things. If law does not strike everyone equally, then what is law useful for aside from being a tool of oppression?
What credit card companies have been doing to Japan for years is terrible, and it is clear that there’s a ton of problems stemming from this, we will soon see the ramifications when games that contain what some may deem political messages start getting removed. There is however, a way to prevent this from happening, one can get these games for free, and one can start building underground commercial distribution of them. Books never died, they are still here with us despite the fact that the medium had to endure a very harsh history. Yoko Taro knows how to make games, and how to give a message.
